MILF Podcast - Moms I'd Like to Follow

079 - Just Tell Your Story with Erica Messer

Erica Messer has been an accomplished showrunner, executive
producer, writer and creator of dramatic television series for over
twenty years. Erica recently served her ninth and final year as
Executive Producer, Showrunner and Head Writer of Criminal Minds, a
series that consistently ranked as TV's number one suspense
thriller and is listed among a select few shows to have broadcast
300+ episodes over fourteen seasons. In 2018, Erica completed her
first documentary feature film, The Biggest Little Farm,
after six years of painstaking hard work. The documentary had its
world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival in September and has
gone on to win many awards at various film festivals, including
seven nominations for the Critics' Choice Awards for Documentary
Films. Erica is a working mother and very familiar with juggling
the demands of Hollywood with those of parenthood. She currently
resides in Los Angeles with her family.

In this episode, Jennifer and Erica talk about Erica’s
incredible journey as a television writer, executive producer and
showrunner. They share their experiences and talk about the
difficult challenges they’ve both faced as female writers. Erica
speaks to how she and her husband Kenny have been able to balance a
hectic work life schedule. Erica talks about some of her more
recent projects, including her documentary, The Biggest Little
Farm, which is now available on iTunes and Hulu. Finally,
Erica provides some sage advice to aspiring writers everywhere and
encourages each of them to fulfill that burning desire to tell
their own story.

About the Podcast

Jennifer Tracy interviews moms she admires about how they straddle the jobs of motherhood, entrepreneurship, and womanhood in general. These moms are breaking the molds of motherhood past and trailblazing a new path for us to follow.